WITNESS

A fire hydrant indicator post located at Gordon’s Henao Drive in Port Moresby is one of the few indicator post which is visible.
Acting Chief Fire Officer Bill Roo in April said the Fire Service was doing its bit to ensure all venues in the city for the leaders’ meetings were “fire safe”.
“A big part of it is to locate all the fire hydrants some of which had been buried by property developers, Roo said.
He said Eda Ranu was supposed to provide fire hydrants 80 metres apart. But due to the development of properties taking place, many fire hydrants and valves were buried, making it difficult for firefighters in the case of emergency to access water.
“The NCD Fire Station located nearest to the Apec venues or accommodations have been advised to develop their local action or response plans,” Roo said.